The mission of the Swiss Guard, the oldest military corps in the world, is to ensure the security of the Pope and protect the cardinals when the chair of Peter is vacant. But what happens when the ...

Because the Vatican is stingy, Swiss citizens must pay for the new accommodation of the oldest and smallest army in the world ... the members of the Swiss Guard. Since 1506 they have protected ...

swissinfo.ch: They could just as well dispense with the Swiss Guard altogether… A.d.R.: Yes and no. They could lose the military aspect of it because it is not an army in the classic sense of ...

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Thirty-four new Swiss Guard recruits pledged their traditional oath in the Vatican on Monday and swore allegiance to Pope Francis in their distinctive way, raising three fingers to evoke the Holy ...